I no longer had any fighting ability left in me. All I could do was let death overcome me. I looked at the stars and tried to find something. Nothing. But there was nothing. The bright stars that were light years away could do nothing to save me. I was insignificant and would never be found. I closed my eyes, thinking I would never open them again. And then I heard the horn. Small pieces of colored paper exploded from the can, covering the carpeted floor. My sister ran to the record player and turned it on. Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train" came out of the speakers. My mother and father came to me to congratulate me. “Oh, honey, we are so proud of you! We knew you could do it!” My mother and father hugged me. Before I was crushed to death, I don't know why I was contemplating anything, because I decided years ago. My brown curls whipped around my face as the wind swirled around me. The clouds moved with me as I twisted and turned in the air. My screams of joy were drowned out by the loud noise of the rotating propeller. Trees and houses the size of ants passed beneath me as a bright blue sky lay before me. Nothing made me happier than flying. I pushed on the rudders and started the landing gear. I quickly put the small plane on the ground and jumped out of the fuselage. I took off my brown leather cap and stood in front of my plane. The plane was about eight feet off the ground, about two and a half feet taller than me. His name was Turbine. It was a compact little plane that did anything and everything I wanted. I bought it after my race in Hawaii. I entered a contest to fly from Hawaii to Seattle. The first person to arrive in Seattle won a lot of money. I can't even remember the amount. Well, all it took was buying a two-passenger plane. I started walking from my plane when the paparazzi crowded around me and took pictures of me. The flashes blinded me as I tried to walk through them to the garage. I almost ran into a concrete wall because they wouldn't move. I rushed into the garage to avoid the assault. Man, they were annoying and